Women can't tell jokes
...say 97 per cent of the population
28/09/2007 … Just three per cent of people think women are better at telling jokes than men.
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Fri 28 September 2007
Thu 27 September 2007
Frankie speaking...
Lost Howerd recordings unearthed
27/09/2007 … Rare footage of Frankie Howerd, unheard in decades, has been discovered in his country house.
Little Britain sets a record
27/09/2007 … Little Britain has entered the record books as the best-selling television comedy DVD in the world.
Wed 26 September 2007
BBC says 'no' to Comedy Awards
C4 now frontrunner to air ceremony
26/09/2007 … BBC One has turned down the chance to air this year's British Comedy Awards, according to new reports.
Money talks...
Stage time to the highest bidder
26/09/2007 … Wannabe stand-ups normally face years slogging around the open-mic circuit before proving themselves worthy of coveted stage time at Britain’s biggest comedy clubs.
French and Saunders live
26/09/2007 … Details of he first French & Saunders tour dates of 2008 have been released.
Fast comeback
26/09/2007 … The Fast Show team are reuniting for one last stage show - and tickets have gone on sale now.
Tue 25 September 2007
Another Maddie joke furore
25/09/2007 … Another comic has landed in trouble after making jokes about Madeleine McCann.